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Category: Websites and Blogging

This category will contain any blogging-related posts, that includes platforms such as WordPress and Blogger.

  • 6 Essential Elements Businesses Should Incorporate In Their Websites

    6 Essential Elements Businesses Should Incorporate In Their Websites

    Certainly, every website has its purpose. For some it is to collect information, relay messages, give advice or sell products and services. For business websites, their main aim is to attract customers to the company and generate viable leads that will turn into sales and increased profits. You do not need a professional web designer to help you set up an effective website.

    You can create your own website using www.uCoz.com the free website maker. It is not who designs your design that matters the most, but rather it is how you design it that counts.

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  • Three Lessons From the Death of Google Reader

    Three Lessons From the Death of Google Reader

    Last week Google faced a surge of backlash for its decision to retire Reader. As a fan of RSS feeds and daily user of Reader, I identified with the rage being expressed online. However, as I narrated my woes to some of my friends, they seemed confused. As I paused for breath, a friend asked, “Umm, what is Reader, exactly?”

    Here I was, in righteous rage about a service that I clearly cared about, but the larger world hardly knew that Reader existed, let alone that it would shutdown on July 1. Come to think of it, news and even tech websites invariably explain what the term RSS means, assuming that a good chunk of their readers might not know what RSS stands for or what it does. (To compare, just think: when was the last time you saw a website describe Twitter as a ‘micro-blogging site.’)

    I stumbled into another startling fact when I went to the Google Reader blog to check out the official announcement, dated March 13, 2013. The previous entry was dated October 31, 2011. As Chris Wetherell, the creator of Reader, himself notes, Google Reader was “living on borrowed time.”

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  • 4 Signs You Should Change Your Hosting Service

    4 Signs You Should Change Your Hosting Service

    A reliable web hosting service is an essential part of marketing as it provides a platform for businesses to host marketing campaigns, create their online presence and interact with customers and make new ones. But if you are using a hosting service to host your domain name and content but have double thoughts about whether to change it or not, you need to be sure before you purchase a new hosting service and pack your business to move it to another server. Here are four signs which will tell you that it is time to change you hosting service.

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  • Top 5 Security Concerns for Web Designers

    Top 5 Security Concerns for Web Designers

    Designing and building a website is no easy task in a time when there are many unscrupulous individuals who dedicate their lives to hacking into what you are trying to build. So, much like a building with information in it needs to be secured from all angles (enter: security guards), so does your website.

    Here, we’ll review several critical things that you need to look out for in the web design process in order to prevent future security issues, and to ensure that your own virtual security guards in place.

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  • Common Reseller Hosting Mistakes to Avoid

    Common Reseller Hosting Mistakes to Avoid

    Reseller hosting refers to a type of web hosting where someone purchases disk space and bandwidth in bulk from an established hosting company, and then goes ahead to resell packages to individual users. Since it does not require setting up and maintaining any hardware or infrastructure, reseller hosting offers an easy and inexpensive way of starting a web hosting business. However, success is not guaranteed for everyone who gets into this business.

    Here are some of the most common mistakes committed by people who are getting started in reseller hosting.

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  • Effective Photo Blogging Tips for Creative Professionals

    Effective Photo Blogging Tips for Creative Professionals

    You are a highly creative person and have shot loads of good and unique photos. You would love to share this with the world. But how do you do so? Photo blogging is the answer. Photo blogging implies the use of photos rather than text to get your message across. Photo blogging is particularly useful to photographers who would like to showcase their talent and attract business. It enables you to interact with millions of other creative people across the world. But with so many creative websites and blogs being uploaded daily on the internet, how do you make yours stand out?

    Let us look at a few ways by which we can use photo blogging effectively.

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  • 5 Tips for Handling Web Hosting Problems

    5 Tips for Handling Web Hosting Problems

    Most site owners face problems with their web hosting providers at one time or another. When you feel dissatisfied with the quality of service being offered by your provider, you always have the option of moving to another. However, at times, the problems being experienced are simply as a result of a simple misunderstanding between the provider and consumer. Therefore, to avoid the stress of moving to a new server, it would be advisable to take time to work through the problem with your web hosting provider. This is especially important if you have been with the provider for several years and have enjoyed their services.

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  • 3 Things to Look For in a Web Application Design Company

    3 Things to Look For in a Web Application Design Company

    Hiring a web application design company is pretty difficult if you aren’t an experienced web app developer yourself. Since computer code might be Greek to you, you could hire a 3rd party consultant to help you sort through various freelancers and companies. Regardless of how you proceed, here’s what you need to look out for before you hire anyone to work on your application.

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